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  • Robin Sharma : The 50 New Rules of Work

    Robin Sharma : The 50 New Rules of Work

    Robin Sharma’s New Post : The 50 New Rules Of Work

    1. You are not just paid to work. You are paid to be uncomfortable – and to pursue projects that scare you.
    2. Take care of your relationships and the money will take care of itself.
    3. Lead you first. You can’t help others reach for their highest potential until you’re in the process of reaching for yours.
    4. To double your income, triple your rate of learning.
    5. While victims condemn change, leaders grow inspired by change.
    6. Small daily improvements over time create stunning results.
    7. Surround yourself with people courageous enough to speak truthfully about what’s best for your organization and the customers you serve.
    8. Don’t fall in love with your press releases.
    9. Every moment in front of a customer is a moment of truth (to either show you live by the values you profess – or you don’t).
    10. Copying what your competition is doing just leads to being second best.
    11. Become obsessed with the user experience such that every touchpoint of doing business with you leaves people speechless. No, breathless.
    12. If you’re in business, you’re in show business. The moment you get to work, you’re on stage. Give us the performance of your life.
    13. Be a Master of Your Craft. And practice + practice + practice.
    14. Get fit like Madonna.
    15. Read magazines you don’t usually read. Talk to people who you don’t usually speak to. Go to places you don’t commonly visit. Disrupt your thinking so it stays fresh + hungry + brilliant.
    16. Remember that what makes a great business – in part – are the seemingly insignificant details. Obsess over them.
    17. Good enough just isn’t good enough.
    18. Brilliant things happen when you go the extra mile for every single customer.
    19. An addiction to distraction is the death of creative production. Enough said.
    20. If you’re not failing regularly, you’re definitely not making much progress.
    21. Lift your teammates up versus tear your teammates down. Anyone can be a critic. What takes guts is to see the best in people.
    22. Remember that a critic is a dreamer gone scared.
    23. Leadership’s no longer about position. Now, it’s about passion. And having an impact through the genius-level work that you do.
    24. The bigger the dream, the more important the team.
    25. If you’re not thinking for yourself, you’re following – not leading.
    26. Work hard. But build an exceptional family life. What’s the point of reaching the mountaintop but getting there alone.
    27. The job of the leader is to develop more leaders.
    28. The antidote to deep change is daily learning. Investing in your professional and personal development is the smartest investment you can make. Period.
    29. Smile. It makes a difference.
    30. Say “please” and “thank you”. It makes a difference.
    31. Shift from doing mindless toil to doing valuable work.
    32. Remember that a job is only just a job if all you see it as is a job.
    33. Don’t do your best work for the applause it generates but for the personal pride it delivers.
    34. The only standard worth reaching for is BIW (Best in World).
    35. In the new world of business, everyone works in Human Resources.
    36. In the new world of business, everyone’s part of the leadership team.
    37. Words can inspire. And words can destroy. Choose yours well.
    38. You become your excuses.
    39. You’ll get your game-changing ideas away from the office versus in the middle of work. Make time for solitude. Creativity needs the space to present itself.
    40. The people who gossip about others when they are not around are the people who will gossip about you when you’re not around.
    41. It could take you 30 years to build a great reputation and 30 seconds of bad judgment to lose it.
    42. The client is always watching.
    43. The way you do one thing defines the way you’ll do everything. Every act matters.
    44. To be radically optimistic isn’t soft. It’s hard. Crankiness is easy.
    45. People want to be inspired to pursue a vision. It’s your job to give it to them.
    46. Every visionary was initially called crazy.
    47. The purpose of work is to help people. The other rewards are inevitable by-products of this singular focus.
    48. Remember that the things that get scheduled are the things that get done.
    49. Keep promises and be impeccable with your word. People buy more than just your products and services. They invest in your credibility.
    50. Lead Without a Title.

    I encourage you to share + discuss + debate these with your team and throughout your organization. Within a quick period of time, you’ll see some fantastic results.

  • Robin Sharma’s “The 73 Best Lessons I’ve Learned for Leadership Success in Business and Life”

    Robin Sharma’s “The 73 Best Lessons I’ve Learned for Leadership Success in Business and Life”

    I recently read Robin Sharma’s “The 73 Best Lessons I’ve Learned for Leadership Success in Business and Life”. Robin Sharma is author of the international bestseller of “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” and “The Leader Who Had No Title”.

    I am sharing the post here :

    1. You can really Lead Without a Title.
    2. Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.
    3. Give away what you most wish to receive.
    4. The antidote to stagnation is innovation.
    5. The conversations you are most resisting are the conversations you most need to be having.
    6. Leadership is no longer about position – but passion. It’s no longer about image but impact. This is Leadership 2.0.
    7. The bigger the dream, the more important to the team.
    8. Visionaries see the “impossible” as the inevitable.
    9. All great thinkers are initially ridiculed – and eventually revered.
    10. The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you’ll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.
    11. To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image.
    12. The more messes you allow into your life, the more messes will become a normal (and acceptable) part of your life.
    13. The secret to genius is not genetics but daily practice married with relentless perseverance.
    14. The best leaders lift people up versus tear people down.
    15. The most precious resource for businesspeople is not their time. It’s their energy. Manage it well.
    16. The fears you run from run to you.
    17. The most dangerous place is in your safety zone.
    18. The more you go to your limits, the more your limits will expand.
    19. Every moment in front of a customer is a gorgeous opportunity to live your values.
    20. Be so good at what you do that no one else in the world can do what you do.
    21. You’ll never go wrong in doing what is right.
    22. It generally takes about 10 years to become an overnight sensation.
    23. Never leave the site of a strong idea without doing something to execute around it.
    24. A strong foundation at home sets you up for a strong foundation at work.
    25. Never miss a moment to encourage someone you work with.
    26. Saying “I’ll try” really means “I’m not really committed.”
    27. The secret of passion is purpose.
    28. Do a few things at mastery versus many things at mediocrity.
    29. To have the rewards that very few have, do the things that very few people are willing to do.
    30. Go where no one’s gone and leave a trail of excellence behind you.
    31. Who you are becoming is more important than what you are accumulating.
    32. Accept your teammates for what they are and inspire them to become all they can be.
    33. To triple the growth of your organization, triple the growth of your people.
    34. The best leaders are the most dedicated learners. Read great books daily. Investing in your self-development is the best investment you will ever make.
    35. Other people’s opinions of you are none of your business.
    36. Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
    37. Measure your success by your inner scorecard versus an outer one.
    38. Understand the acute difference between the cost of something and the value of something.
    39. Nothing fails like success. Because when you are at the top, it’s so easy to stop doing the very things that brought you to the top.
    40. The best leaders blend courage with compassion.
    41. The less you are like others, the less others will like you.
    42. You’ll never go wrong in doing what’s right.
    43. Excellence in one area is the beginning of excellence in every area.
    44. The real reward for doing your best work is not the money you make but the leader you become.
    45. Passion + production = performance.
    46. The value of getting to your goals lives not in reaching the goal but what the talents/strengths/capabilities the journey reveals to you.
    47. Stand for something. Or else you’ll fall for anything.
    48. Say “thank you” when you’re grateful and “sorry” when you’re wrong.
    49. Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.
    50. Small daily – seemingly insignificant – improvements and innovations lead to staggering achievements over time.
    51. Peak performers replace depletion with inspiration on a daily basis.
    52. Take care of your relationships and the sales/money will take care of itself.
    53. You can’t be great if you don’t feel great. Make exceptional health your #1 priority.
    54. Doing the difficult things that you’ve never done awakens the talents you never knew you had.
    55. As we each express our natural genius, we all elevate our world.
    56. Your daily schedule reflects your deepest values.
    57. People do business with people who make them feel special.
    58. All things being equal, the primary competitive advantage of your business will be your ability to grow Leaders Without Titles faster than your industry peers.
    59. Treat people well on your way up and they’ll treat you well on your way down.
    60. Success lies in a masterful consistency around a few fundamentals. It really is simple. Not easy. But simple.
    61. The business (and person) who tries to be everything to everyone ends up being nothing to anyone.
    62. One of the primary tactics for enduring winning is daily learning.
    63. To have everything you want, help as many people as you can possibly find get everything they want.
    64. Understand that a problem is only a problem if you choose to view it as a problem (vs. an opportunity).
    65. Clarity precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And then block out all else.
    66. The best in business spend far more time on learning than in leisure.
    67. Lucky is where skill meets persistence.
    68. The best Leaders Without a Title use their heads and listen to their hearts.
    69. The things that are hardest to do are often the things that are the best to do.
    70. Every single person in the world could be a genius at something, if they practiced it daily for at least ten years (as confirmed by the research of Anders Ericsson and others).
    71. Daily exercise is an insurance policy against future illness. The best Leaders Without Titles are the fittest.
    72. Education is the beginning of transformation. Dedicate yourself to daily learning via books/audios/seminars and coaching.
    73. The quickest way to grow the sales of your business is to grow your people.

    Robin Sharma is the bestselling author of “The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari” and “The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and Life.” Great Must-Read books!

  • Great Quote

    Great Quote

    Vijay Dharia Shared This Good Quote:

    બીજા જે અઘરું સમજે છે તે સહેલાઈથી કરવું તેનું નામ અક્કલ
    અને અક્કલ જે અશક્ય સમજે તે કરવું તેનું નામ જીનિયસ.
    – હેન્રી એમીલ

  • Financial Planning Wisdom In 87 Words !

    Financial Planning Wisdom In 87 Words !

    Financial Planning is a journey and it is always nice to discuss the different ideas and experiences.

    Cartoonist Scott Adams, whose Dilbert comic strip is a valuable educational tool that teaches what corporate life is really like, recently published a simple and straight forward book on Financial planning. It is called ‘Everything You Need to Know About Financial Planning’. The most interesting part is that the book is of 87 words. Yes – Only 87 words.

    Here is the content of the book:


    1. Make a will.
    2. Pay off your credit cards.
    3. Get term life insurance if you have a family to support.
    4. Fund your 401(k) to the maximum.
    5. Fund your IRA to the maximum.
    6. Buy a house if you want to live in a house and you can afford it.
    7. Put six months’ expenses in a money market fund.
    8. Take whatever money is left over and invest 70% in a stock index fund and 30% in a bond fund through any discount broker and never touch it until retirement.

    In Indian context, we use PF instead of IRA and 401K.

    Valuable Advice indeed ! Clearly, less is more !

    Source: WikiNewsTime

  • Desire To Destiny !

    Desire To Destiny !

    Came Across A Wonderful Quote from Kathopanishad:

    You are what your deep driving desire is

    As is your desire, so is your will

    As is your will, so is your act,

    As is your act, so is your destiny !

  • The Power of Simplicity

    Secrets of Simplicity: rules for being simple and usable (Giles Colborne)

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  • The Gratitude Attitude

    I read an interesting post by Eric Garner on Ticked by Life. Eric mentions that : Gratitude is one of the most powerful forces in the universe. Gratitude stops you taking your life for granted and helps you realize how many good things you have in your life. Gratitude is a spiritual act because it acknowledges that the origin of all good things is a source outside ourselves.

    The above observation is very correct. Gratitude Attitude is a hallmark of good human being. A person who acknowledges help and support, preserves old relationships and secures new friends. The person who helped also feels rewarded for his contribution and would help again in the future. Of course, relationships are interdependent. Use every opportunity to help back. Interdependence is a higher value than independence.

    Thank you, small gifts, pat are all powerful gestures ! They need to be expressed in right manner and with 100% authenticity.

  • Why Satyam Did It?

    Why Satyam Did It?

    I believe it boils down to basic human emotions:

    1. Greed
    2. Jealousy
    3. Fear

    Going further towards basics, Sigmund Freud said that man is driven by only two things: Power and Sex.

  • Evergreen Tips for Work & Life

    Evergreen Tips for Work & Life

    Pratik Shah forwarded me an PPS on Tips for Work during Recession. I found it quite good and interesting. In fact, these tips work for all times – boom or bust ! If these skills had been followed during boom, the bust would have been avoided.

    The fundamentals always remain eternal – that is why they are called fundamentals. But, during boom, everyone is in party and we forget these.

    Anyway, download the PPS and profit from it ! Here it is:

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  • Winning With Focus & Concentration : Take This Test!

    Winning With Focus & Concentration : Take This Test!

    Delivering world-class services requires special attention and focus. It involves understand the purpose of the task, planning, minimizing re-work and doing it right the first time.

    I have often found that people sometimes act quickly without fully understanding the issue at hand. They do not read the actual lines, forget  reading between the lines. The problem is of focus, concentration and grasping. We are always in  hurry. And haste makes waste, hurry brings curry. It leads to waste of time, missing of deadlines, unhappy customers and frustrated self.

    I have found a small test which is quite smart and effective. It makes the point about being focus and concentrating very quickly. I thank Alan Chapman for this Mental Concentration and Information Processing Test.
    I invite you to take this test and also share it with your colleagues and friends. It is amazing !

    We conducted this test in Magnet Technologies. It brought out interesting results and insights for all :
    1. People were in a hurry to finish first, rather finish. Being first is more important being right. Actually, if the people had read the instructions, they would have been first as well as right 🙂
    2. Spending time on planning actually saves time at execution phase. People who read the instructions and acted on it, saved time.
    3. Many people hate instructions. They do not want to be told what to do. They assume that they know how to deal with the situation. They are already in a particular default mode. All of us have to read every situation afresh and plan accordingly.
    4. The attention span and concentration levels need to be preserved. Avoid distractions – mental and physical.

    A hour spent on planning and focussed approach saves 4-5 hours of total time spent on the task. Multi-tasking is a wonderful thing, but it robs us of the precious focus required for solving important problems and delivery world-class service.